Books from the FH

• Ute Firscher, Thomas Loer
• Springer VS
• 2025, 461 pages, ISBN: 9783658497217

This book provides a detailed introduction to the objective hermeneutic reconstruction of the central objects of interpretation patterns and habitus and the corresponding terminology. The constitutional theory and methodology of objective hermeneutics are presented in a well-founded and comprehensible manner. In view of the crisis caused by the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic and the measures taken against it, patterns of interpretation and habitus are examined. To this end, the problems of interpretation and action associated with the pandemic are worked out and then the data material, written statements by and research interviews with opponents of the measures, are subjected to an objective hermeneutic analysis. The analysis introduces the reconstruction of patterns of interpretation and habitus and works out the two terms in such a way that previous theoretical ambiguities are overcome. The specific interpretation pattern of the opponents of the measures is identified as libertarian self-centeredness. A list of published objective hermeneutic works on patterns of interpretation and habitus as well as a glossary complete the presentation.

• Dierk Borstel, Jennifer Brückmann, Laura Nübold, Bastian Pütter, Tim Sonnenberg (Eds.)
• Springer VS
• 2025, 863 pages, ISBN: 978-3-658-35267-7

Social science research on housing and homelessness, overview of theoretical and empirical research. This volume provides comprehensive information on theoretical and empirical research as well as on practice in dealing with homeless people. It includes different approaches, ways of understanding and also opposing positions on the topic. The volume is aimed at researchers, students and practitioners in the field.

• Jochem Kotthaus
• Beltz Juventa
• 2025, 193 pages, ISBN: 978-3-7799-8973-8

Love as a social relationship is an invention of modernity. It is based on a separation between private and public space. This distinction creates a world of meaning between the lovers that is only accessible to them. In the present study, this meaning-creating distinction is elaborated and conceptualized sociologically, primarily on the basis of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory and Peter Berger's sociology of everyday life.

• Ahmet Toprak
• Psychosozial-Verlag
• 2025, 160 pages, ISBN: 978-3-8379-3377-2

Authoritarian upbringing and traditional gender roles are part of everyday life in many Muslim families. In the contradiction between family loyalty and social expectations at school and at work, boys in particular find themselves in profound identity conflicts. This puts them at risk of becoming radicalized and massively over-interpreting traditional norms of masculinity. Ahmet Toprak traces the power and significance of gender roles and traditions in Muslim milieus, relentlessly exposes the toxic consequences of radicalization and exaggerated traditional masculinity and shows political and pedagogical ways out.

• Christina Möller, Frerk Blome, Julia Reuter (Eds.)
• Beltz Juventa
• 2025, 294 pages, ISBN: 978-3-7799-8375-0

The formula 'social advancement through education' is increasingly being criticized in contemporary societies. The figure of the 'up-and-comer' has long been seen not only as a model of success, but also as evidence of persistent class differences. This book brings together the sometimes isolated discourses on the topic of social and educational advancement in the various fields of cultural, migration and inequality sociology, higher education and (educational) biography research. In addition to diagnoses of the times and insights into controversial debates, findings from empirical studies are presented.

• Seyran Bostancı, Emra Ilgün-Birhimeoğlu (eds.)
• Beltz Juventa
• 2024, 235 pages, ISBN: 9783779971887

Early childhood educational institutions are often the first educational institutions that children are confronted with. There is a need for critical analyses of racializing practices of classification and inequalities caused by the structures and practices of institutions in post-migrant societies. The contributions in this volume provide insights into current research and research findings as well as theoretical and methodological approaches. In addition, possibilities for action in educational practice are conveyed from perspectives critical of racism.
Early childhood educational institutions are often the first educational institutions that children are confronted with. Critical analyses of racializing practices of assignment and inequalities caused by the structures and practices of institutions in post-migrant societies are required. The contributions in this volume provide insights into current research and research findings as well as theoretical and methodological approaches. In addition, possibilities for action in educational practice are conveyed from perspectives critical of racism.

• Michael Boecker, Michael Weber (eds.)
• Nomos
• 2024, 263 pages, ISBN: 9783748917212

With the passing of the Federal Participation Act, the legislator has linked the expectation of achieving a fundamental improvement in the participation of people with disabilities and creating equal living conditions. The long overdue separation of integration law from social welfare can be seen as a paradigm shift in state social policy. However, the implementation of central reform elements remains the responsibility of the federal states and is accordingly complex. This publication aims to take this heterogeneity into account and examines the status of implementation of the BTHG from the perspective of the federal government, the federal states and local authorities. The assessment of people with disabilities is also central.

• Ahmet Toprak
• Lambertus
• 2024, 170 pages, ISBN: 978-3-7841-3701-8

Of the 23.9 million people with a so-called migrant background in Germany, the majority (10.4 million) are naturalized citizens. If these figures are used to measure the level of integration, over 40% of migrants are well integrated. However, this figure says little about actual integration, as the criteria for naturalization are more formal (length of residence, employment, etc.). In the integration debate, the focus is therefore on social and cultural integration, although structural integration has not yet been successful everywhere.

This book addresses the question of how the sustainable and satisfactory integration of refugees - especially young people - can succeed. What skills do refugees bring with them and what resources must the host country provide? And what does integration actually mean? First, the four levels of integration are outlined, the methodological principles are outlined and 16 interviewees are profiled. The four levels of integration are then discussed on the basis of the interview results and finally recommendations for action are formulated for politics and society.

• Susanne Guski-Leinwand
• Psychosozial-Verlag
• 2024, 285 pages, ISBN: 978-3-8379-3305-5

How did psychology see itself in the GDR, what was its role and function? How was it instrumentalized by the SED state and the authorities and used for repression? Susanne Guski-Leinwand and her colleagues investigated these questions in the BMBF project "Psychology under political dictate and justice". They investigated psychology in the GDR in its academic context, with regard to ministerial, official and party-political influences and as state psychology in the form of the operational psychology of the Ministry of State Security.

The research results presented in this volume enable interested parties to take a closer look at psychology under the SED dictatorship and provide concrete insights into the use of psychology by the Ministry for State Security for the repression or sanctioning of GDR citizens. They serve to expand knowledge and education about the SED dictatorship and the counseling of those affected by the SED.

• Stefanie Kuhlenkamp, Beate U. M. Strobel
• Ernst Reinhardt Publishing House
• 2024, 204 pages, ISBN: 978-3-497-03253-2

Curative education in educational practice

"How do I deal with a deaf child?", "How do I react to a child with ADHD?" and "How can inclusion succeed in my institution?"

Whether perceptual or motor disorder, social abnormality or disability: affected children need special attention. With information and help from psychology, pedagogy and medicine, children's behaviors or disabilities are presented in an understandable and comprehensible way. The tips for action and case studies offer ways for the everyday life of educators, but also show the limits of educational work.

• Ahmet Toprak, Umut Akkuş
• Publisher W. Kohlhammer
• 2024, 136 pages, ISBN: 978-3-17-040792-3

Violent Salafism has been widely discussed for around 20 years. However, too little attention is paid to the causes, social responsibility and biographical backgrounds. It is therefore all the more important that prevention and especially social work play a central role. Prevention aims, among other things, to strengthen the personality, create the ability to deal with conflict, communicate without violence and avoid criminal acts. Accordingly, this book takes a look at the motives and social conditions of radical and violent Salafism. On the other hand, it presents programs, approaches and concepts that give those involved in social work more confidence in dealing with the target group.

• Stefanie Kuhlenkamp
• Ernst Reinhardt Publishing House
• 2023, 158 pages, ISBN: 978-3-497-03171-9

How can psychomotor activities reach socially disadvantaged people? What does it mean to work in a poverty-sensitive way in psychomotricity? And what opportunities does psychomotor activity offer specifically for health promotion in precarious living conditions?

These questions will be examined using practical examples from various settings - from daycare centers, open all-day elementary school and clubs to prevention chains and service learning. In addition, reference is made to important basic concepts such as health promotion, social space orientation and poverty situations and their significance for psychomotor activity is highlighted. A compact basic work for all educational, social and motological professionals who work with socially disadvantaged people.

• Dierk Borstel, Claudia Luzar (Eds.)
• Beltz Juventa
• 2023, 154 pages, ISBN: 978-3-7799-6509-1

Social work often takes care of hard-to-reach people in special, often precarious life situations. Much is said and assumed about many of these groups, but without communicating with those affected themselves. It is often even said that it is impossible to talk to those affected. This volume shows ways in which access to such groups of people can be successful despite all the difficulties. The focus is on questions of establishing contact, communication and creating relationships of trust as the basis of professional social work practices.

• Umut Akkuş
• Beltz Juventa
• 2023, 267 pages, ISBN: 978-3-7799-7489-5

The book examines the motives and factors of religious radicalization of young people as well as their youth cultural constitution in contemporary German society. The focus is on the perspectives, experiences, attitudes and world views of radicalized and radicalizing young people who, in their search for meaning, orientation and stability in their lives, become more deeply rooted in the religion of Islam and radical religious milieus and structures.

• Katja Nowacki, Silke Birgitta Gahleitner, Yonca Izat, Martin Schröder (eds.)
• Beltz Juventa
• 2023, 142 pages, ISBN: 978-3-7799-7266-2

Psychosocial professionals are required to understand attachment experiences and shape relationships in order to enable individual development and social embedding. Different disciplinary perspectives and professional competence are required to shape the social relationship framework. Accordingly, this anthology aims to explain the fundamentals and findings of attachment research and illustrate their professional design in various psychosocial fields of work.

• Anja Hartmann
• Publisher W. Kohlhammer
• 2023, 202 pages, ISBN: 978-3-17-038500-9

A central subject of sociology is how people live together in different forms. This textbook presents selected social forms and is based on the concept and structure of the difference between community and society, with which the forms of living together can be systematized. Against this background, patterns of order in modern society and typical processes of social change (pluralization, globalization, etc.) are presented. Finally, the author shows how the individual is included in these social contexts and what tensions and conflicts can be associated with this. The book impresses with its didactic structure and introduces students to the different motives and logics of living together by conveying sociological theories and basic concepts in a clear and comprehensible way.

• Anna-Maria Meister, Teresa Fankhänel, Lisa Beißwanger, Chris Dähne, Christiane Fülscher, Anna Luise Schubert (eds.)
• Jovis Publishing House
• 2024, 200 pages, ISBN: 978-3-98612-072-6

"Are You a Model?" explores the model as an architectural tool and practice. The volume does not view architectural models in rigid categories, but approaches them through questions such as: What determines the functions and effective forces of a model? When in the design process does it unfold its power and when has it fulfilled its purpose? Based on nine overarching questions, this book brings together interdisciplinary voices from architecture, art history, architectural and curatorial practice and software engineering. 31 contributions interweave perspectives from different regions and disciplines, not seeking conclusive answers, but revealing surprising commonalities. Models are thus not classified here according to time of origin, genre or material, but understood as an epistemologically diverse practice.

• Renate Kastorff-Viehmann, Jörg Stabenow, Ute Reuschenberg, Wolfgang Sonne, Peter Grund
• Kettler publishing house
• 2024, 239 pages, ISBN: 9783987411298

Peter Grund (1892-1966) was a successful architect and urban planner. Trained in Darmstadt towards the end of the German Empire, he was an office partner of architect Karl Pinno in Dortmund during the Weimar Republic. Immediately at the beginning of the "Third Reich", Grund was appointed director of the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf, where in 1937 he was entrusted with the artistic direction of the "Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk", the largest propaganda show of National Socialism with an associated model housing estate. In the Federal Republic of Germany, he was ultimately responsible for the reconstruction of Darmstadt as Chief Building Director, where he created striking urban spaces with the arcades of Rheinstraße and the square-forming Kennedyhaus.

Grund's architecture was characterized by simple forms and classical compositions. In addition to the continuation of traditional design methods, his work also repeatedly shows the reception of avant-garde ideas - for example in the Nicolaikirche built in Dortmund, the first church made of exposed concrete in Germany, or the design of a town hall for Darmstadt in the style of American Bauhaus architecture.

This publication is part of a multi-volume monograph of his work to be published in the coming months and presents a previously unknown and unpublished urban planning manual by Peter Grund, which was created during the final years of the Second World War and has now been reconstructed in its essential features from various archive sources. It becomes clear that Peter Grund, following in the footsteps of Camillo Sitte, pointedly advocated a position of closed urban space formation on a human scale, with which he stood in diametric opposition to the contemporary megalomaniacal planning of National Socialism. With his emphasis on urban form, he represented a counter-position to the functionalist Athens Charter, which was created at the same time.

• Christian Beck, Stefan Braun, Lars Harmsen
• Slanted Publishers
• 2025, 231 pages, ISBN: 9783948440930

"Teatrip Japan" is an invitation to immerse yourself in the fascinating world of Japanese green tea. In Japan, tea is much more than just a drink - it is a living expression of culture. For centuries, the tea ceremony has been practiced in Zen temples - a meditative moment of silence, mindfulness and deep respect that once gave not only monks but also samurai a sense of inner peace. The authors take readers on a captivating journey to the roots of this cultural tradition. Along the way, they meet tea farmers, traders and ceramic artists - people whose passion for tea began at a young age and continues to shape their lives today. The book offers insights into the tea ceremony and the intricate tea-rolling technique known as temomi, accompanied by atmospheric photographs from the tea-growing regions of Kagoshima, Uji and Shizuoka. Green tea lovers will discover fascinating facts about the different varieties, production methods and preparation techniques. Japanese green tea delights with its gentle sweetness and refreshing fruity note - a true sensory experience. "Teatrip Japan" is a visual and cultural feast - a heartfelt homage to an ancient tradition.

• Laura François, Natalie Seisser, Viola Dessin, Lars Harmsen
• Slanted Publishers
• 2025, 160 pages, ISBN: 9783948440893

This is not a conventional book or practical guide. It is an interdisciplinary collection of conversations, reflections and contributions dealing with life in times of global crisis - what some call a 'planetary emergency'. The contributions come from experts and practitioners in fields such as science, art, activism, ecopsychology and systems thinking. Among them are Nora Bateson (systems theory), Vanessa Machado de Oliveira (decolonial education), Rudi Putra (environmentalism in Indonesia), Brother Phap Linh (Buddhist practice) and many others. This book offers no simple answers, but invites readers to reflect, pause and come to terms with the complexity of our present. It serves as a companion and thought archive that inspires new relationships with ourselves, society and the planet - ideal for readers interested in sustainability, climate justice, social change, education, mindfulness and global justice, whether in a professional, academic, activist or personal context.

• Ulrike Brückner, Bianca Herlo
• Published by Hermann Schmidt
• 2024, 195 pages, ISBN: 9783874399777

A plea for a new understanding of design. In recent decades, design has been strongly geared towards arousing needs and stimulating consumption. This concept of design stems from the spirit of the economic miracle and reached its peak in the era of exuberant stock markets and neoliberal economic systems. Today, we look with horror at the environmental destruction, the division of society and the strengthening of the political fringes as the consequences of this type of economic activity. Time to break new ground! Design and society are closely interrelated. Design influences how people interact with each other and how they behave in the designed environment. This book paves the way for a new understanding of design that focuses on the process in an open-ended and integrative way, is oriented towards togetherness and does not serve turbo capitalism. Because design can change the world for the better. And because design, understood in this way, gives life more meaning.

• Jens Müller
• Prestel Publishing House
• 2024, 131 pages, ISBN: 9783791393223

In April 1974, Deutsche Bank presented its new logo - the soon to be famous "slash in the square". This was preceded by a competition to which the company had invited eight internationally renowned graphic designers. Out of 140 designs, the bank chose a proposal by Anton Stankowski, master of constructivism and pioneer of graphic design.

The "slash in the square" has long since become Deutsche Bank's unmistakable trademark. This publication, published to mark the bank's 50th anniversary, describes the impressive range of ways in which the logo has been used since then, recalls corporate logos previously used by Deutsche Bank, takes a look at the significance of the artist Anton Stankowski and offers some thoughts on possible future applications.

• Kai Jünemann, Thomas Schmidt
• Fachhochschule Dortmund ; City of Herne
• 2024, 64 pages

About the exhibition: "This is not Herne" was the maxim with which young photographers from Fachhochschule Dortmund embarked on a confrontational journey, adopting a wide variety of photographic positions. The focus was on overcoming and/or reinterpreting the folklore of the Ruhr region, as well as exploring the photographic material itself: the students draw an arbitrary line in the Ruhr continuum and show everything that Herne is not or does not want to be. "This is not Herne" is also a challenge to entrenched photographic positions and perspectives. "This is not Herne" is an openness to technology and points of view that aims to overcome entrenched structures.

• Jörg U. Lensing, Jens Prüss
• Droste publishing house
• 2024, 335 pages, ISBN: 9783770026173

In 1973, Düsseldorf had the Schauspielhaus, the opera, the Kommödchen, the Komödie and the Düsseldorfer Kammerspiele. ZAKK, tanzhaus nrw or a Forum Freies Theater were just as unthinkable at that time as a Junges Theater in the Altstadt, a Werkstatt or a Theaterhaus. At that time, theater and dance only took place in the large theaters, in the aforementioned private theaters or as amateur theater performances in school auditoriums or community halls. In the course of the 1970s, but especially since the beginning of the 1980s, an independent theater and dance scene developed in the city of Düsseldorf that is second to none. This is the as yet unwritten history of this scene with names such as Theater Jhawemirc, Theater der Klaenge, Theater Kontrapunkt, Neuer Tanz, Half Past Selber Schuld, Cooperative Morales, Asphalt Festival and many more.

• Jörg U. Lensing, Franz Josef Krafeld, Markus Schrenk and others.
• tredition
• 2024, 86 pages, ISBN: 9783384191595

After intensive research and extensive investigation, it can now be announced that the search for the lost folk dances and folk music in the Rhineland and Westphalia has been successfully completed. The findings and results of this long and in-depth investigation have been summarized in a book that serves as a groundbreaking compendium for the preservation and revival of these cultural treasures.The book not only presents the historical background and developments of folk dances and folk music in the region of western Germany, but also offers a wealth of materials that make it possible to learn about, understand and revive these traditions. Through the careful collection of written records, graphic notations, verbal descriptions and, via web links, audio and video recordings, the dances and melodies once thought lost can now be brought back to life. The authors of the book have managed to compile a broad spectrum of information, ranging from the origins of folk dances to their modern interpretations. They not only shed light on the musical and choreographic aspects, but also on the cultural and social contexts that have shaped these traditions. Particularly remarkable is the diversity of the materials found, which provide insights into the most diverse dance and music styles of the region. From lively village festivals to solemn ceremonies, many facets of folk dance and folk music have been documented and analyzed.The book is aimed not only at researchers and scholars, but also at dance and music lovers interested in the rich cultural diversity of their region. It serves as an inspiring source for musicians, dancers and choreographers who want to revive and develop these traditional art forms, and thanks to the extensive documentation and records, the folk dances and folk music of the Rhineland and Westphalia can now be preserved and experienced for future generations. The book marks a milestone in the research and preservation of this valuable cultural heritage and will undoubtedly help to keep its legacy alive. The research material collected in the book served as the basis for the development of the dance theater production "West-Land-Tänze" by the Düsseldorfer Theater der Klaenge in 2023/24.

• Samaneh Khosravi
• Kerber publishing house
• 2024, 160 pages, ISBN: 9783735609656

The photo series Banoo by Samaneh Khosravi (* 1984) addresses the position of women in today's Iran. Despite decades of oppression in a male-dominated society, Iranian women are steadily advancing in science and the world of work. In order to gain an insight into the reality of women's lives in Iran and their self-image, the Iranian-German photographer accompanied female protagonists from different social classes and places in Iran in their everyday lives for this work. The resulting images show women who, contrary to official government doctrine, are an integral part of social life and are already paving the way for those generations who will continue to stand up for the dignity and individual self-determination of women in the future. Banoo is a respectable epithet for women and means lady.

• Lucia Halder, Ananias Léki Dago, Herspective, Juliane Herrmann, Hans-Georg Esch ; editor: Marcel René Marburger
• Fachhochschule Dortmund, Faculty of Design
• 2024, 86 pages, ISBN: 978-3-9825577-3-1

photo/dialogues is a project of the Master's program Photography - Photographic Studies at Fachhochschule Dortmund under the direction of Prof. Dr. Marcel René Marburger. With heterogeneous formats (interviews, exhibitions, interventions), it is intended to enable and maintain an ongoing discourse on photography.

• Ralf Bohn
• Transcript Publishing House
• 2024, 219 pages, ISBN: 978-3-8376-6998-5

The carousel represents a metaphor of intersubjective and intermedial economy in three respects. Firstly, it connects the subject with a socius, the carousel horse, and thus establishes a relationship between people and things. Secondly, it organizes an affective game of narcissistic stabilization through destabilization, of self-experience through self-loss in the feeling of vertigo. Thirdly, a general economy is realized in the carousel between the pleasure of consumption and the pleasure of ascetic self-abandonment. Ralf Bohn describes the economy of guilt in the conflict between subjective narcissism and social obligation in the interrelationship between philosophy (Sartre) and psychoanalysis (Lacan) and based on Max Weber.

• Jens Müller, Julius Wiedemann (Eds.)
• Taschen publishing house
• 2023, 472 pages, ISBN: 9783836573344

The story of the evolution of machines in computer history is full of the disruptive innovations that have led to today's world. From the early beginnings of computing to the bulky mainframe to the personal computer era, we now live in an almost entirely digital age.

The Computer explores steps from the first ideas of a calculating machine in the 19th century and early experiments with autonomous driving in the 1920s to oversized office computers in the 1950s to laptops and wearables of today. Jens Müller delivers a visual understanding of the emergence of the Information Age that hasn't been shown before. Tracing the stories of tech visionaries, pioneers, and entrepreneurs, the book combines compelling visuals, historical documents, and in-depth explanations to reveal significant events in computer history. Encompassing the invention of machines, coding, and software development, as well as technology's influence on today's political landscape.

This survey presents creations from Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Alan Turing, Grace Hopper, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs. Showcasing forgotten gadgets and prototypes connecting iconic products such as the Apple Macintosh and the Sony Play Station. As well as remembering milestones in software development, videogaming, and the web. Infographics explain wireless communication and other fundamental technical concepts, while the history of corporations such as IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Atari, Amazon, and Google is retraced through rare photographs and advertising campaigns.

• Lars Harmsen
• Slanted Publishers
• 2023, 320 pages, ISBN: 978-3-948440-46-6

"Collision" by Lars Harmsen is the collision of intuition and the human experience. A visual journey of photographs, design, and ideas.

With this publication, the author mercilessly settles accounts with the last 10 years of his creative work. Numerous pieces and creations, from Slanted, PosterRex and 100for10 to freelance works and other projects have been destroyed, cut up and reassembled. A maximum of carnage. With a minimum of diplomacy.

Raban Ruddigkeit wrote about the work: "A year ago Lars bought a boat. He has actually been sailing all his life. He sails as a designer over the trends and hypes, over the egos and the shooters. In his work he connects drops to water and waves to a sea. Now and then he expresses himself in his own graphic language. Especially when, as today, the sea becomes rougher and more uncomfortable. Then Lars brings out his unwavering compass-a true sailor only proves himself in the storm."

• Jens Müller (ed.)
• Optics Books
• 2023, 151 pages, ISBN: 978-3-9822542-4-1

In 1963, the Second German Television, ZDF for short, was launched as a new public TV station in the Federal Republic of Germany. Offering news, entertainment, sport and culture, it is one of the country's most influential media institutions. The station's varied design history begins with a logo competition even before the start of broadcasting. In 1973, designer Otl Aicher developed the first comprehensive visual identity for ZDF - including its own font family, which was used for almost three decades. In 2001, the New York design agency Razorfish developed the station logo that is still used today.

From early program posters to the dynamic interface design of the present, this is the first comprehensive look at the broadcaster's rich design history. Designers who have helped shape ZDF design over the decades have their say in interviews. The development of the on-air design and the regular updating of the corporate design is traced in great detail and with many rare illustrations. The book pays tribute to an omnipresent classic of everyday German design and documents its development over six decades.

• Katharina Sussek, Jens Müller (Eds.)
• Optik Books
• 2023, 287 pages, ISBN: 978-3-982-2542-5-8

In 1948, Rudolf Dassler established a sports shoe factory in a small town in Germany with just a few employees. In the decades to follow, his company PUMA grew into one of the world's most important sports and lifestyle brands. Illustrated with selected objects and images from the corporate archives, this book visually chronicles for the first time this fascinating success story.

Over the course of the years, PUMA has written its own unique design history. In this book, the graphic evolution of the global brand is reconstructed piece by piece: from the first letterhead of the early postwar years and global campaigns created by renowned design agencies, to the creation of iconic sneaker lines, such as TRINOMIC or DISC, and innovative typography for football jerseys. With nearly 1,000 rare illustrations, readers gain remarkable insight into the special relationship between sport and design.

• Judith-Frederike Popp, Lioudmila Voropai (eds.)
• Kulturverlag Kadmos
• 2023, 271 pages, ISBN: 978-3-86599-494-3

Throughout his life, Theodor W. Adorno's thinking was permeated by a relationship to the media that was as fruitful as it was ambivalent. He knew how to hone his socio-critical reflections on them as well as how to use them to communicate his analyses to a broad audience. Even if he developed this ambivalent attitude on the media of the time, the approach of testing it on today's media landscape in its influence on society, politics and culture proves to be promising. With contributions by Sarah Bianchi, Christian Fuchs, Samir Gandesha, Henrik Holm, Sulgi Lie, Stefano Marino, Tyrus Miller, Judith-Frederike Popp, Ulrike Ramming, Martin Ritter, Rolando Vitali, Lioudmila Voropai and Florian Wobser, this volume focuses on the relevance of Adorno's critical theory in contemporary reflections on digital culture and the significance of his media criticism for philosophy, art studies and cultural theory in recent decades. Different positions and methodological approaches to Adorno's intellectual legacy open up new interdisciplinary perspectives on current media phenomena and cultural processes and continue the tradition of philosophically informed and sociologically grounded media criticism.

• Marcel René Marburger, Katja Aßfalg, Felix Schmale (Eds.)
• Fachhochschule Dortmund, Faculty of Design
• 2023, 1 sheet, 14 posters, ISBN: 9783982557724

Exhibition with works by Britta Baumann, Hamon Nasiri Honarvar, Emma Lydssan, Kai Mimietz, Steven Natusch, Anna Roters ; screening with works by Simon Gerlinger, Lisa Hummel, Florian Jäger, Vera Loitzsch, Alejandra Arévalo Martinez, Fiona Mentzel & Milena Schilling, Youngsuk Noh, Magnus Terhorst

• Julia Kahl, Lars Harmsen (Eds.)
• Slanted Publishers
• 2023, 265 pages, ISBN: 978-3-948440-43-5

Global dramas can lead us to question our own credibility and the significance of our own lives and/or actions. Recent events in Ukraine have led us, the Slanted team, to ask what our work is really for? Can we accelerate the transition to a just, fair, and sustainable society through the power of design? With a global call, we invited the design community to contribute with a piece of work and a donation. More than 400 people from all over the world participated in this project and almost 700 posters were submitted. All the proceeds of the donation goes to two selected organizations that are involved in crisis hotspots in Ukraine and around the world and that we appreciate for their work: ARTHELPS and MSF-Médecins Sans Frontières. With 700 color illustrations, a directory of designers, and three interviews with Ukrainian graphic designers.

• Jörg Winde, Rolf Sachsse
• Publisher Kettler
• 2023, 99 pages, ISBN 9783987410406

Since 1995, photographer Jörg Winde has been working on a series showing paint rooms and spray booths in industrial companies, craft businesses and artists' studios in Germany and other European countries. With an objectively precise eye, Winde explores the stage-like staged utility rooms, which appear like artificial realities. Machine and body parts, paint containers and tools are torn from their original functional context and give the pictures an almost surreal, alien character.

• Nick Raabe
• Carl Hanser Publishers
• 2025, 295 pages, ISBN: 9783446474147

This compact introductory work presents basic methods for designing three-phase motors. It provides a practical introduction to the design, dimensioning and calculation of three-phase motors. The focus is on asynchronous motors and permanently excited synchronous motors, which are used in electromobility and other applications. The book is aimed at students of electrical engineering and mechatronics, but is also suitable for engineers who want to refresh their knowledge in the field of electric motors.

The following topics are covered:
- Fundamentals of the design and calculation of three-phase motors
- Components used (conductors, electrical steel, permanent magnets) and modeling of material properties
- Terms, characteristic values and rules for designing windings
- Rough design of the motor: determination of preliminary dimensions
- Detailed calculation of the magnetic circuit based on the fundamental shaft
- Calculation of losses in three-phase motors

• Reinhard Scholz
• Hanser
• 2024, 309 pages, ISBN: 9783446481213

What does electricity look like? Electricity explained easily! Electrical engineering plays an important role in almost all engineering sciences. This textbook teaches its elementary basics, which are indispensable for many study programs. After working through the book, readers will be able to analyze electrical circuits and treat them mathematically. After a brief insight into the basics of physics, the textbook focuses on technical aspects from a user's perspective. The focus is on analyzing passive electrical circuits using modern computer-aided methods. With the help of circuit diagrams, readers gain an initial insight into the representation of electrical networks and their mathematical description using Kirchhoff's rules and Ohm's law. Particular attention is paid to the treatment of alternating current technology; direct current technology is considered as a special case of alternating current technology. The mathematics program "Octave" is used to calculate the examples and work through the exercises. For the new edition, the compact textbook has been expanded to include a chapter on switch-on and transient processes. The analytical solution of the occurring linear differential equations is discussed. One focus is on the derivation and application of algorithms for iterative solutions with Octave.

• 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition
• Andrea Kienle, Gabriele Kunau
• De Gruyter
• 2026, 170 pages, ISBN: 9783111477206

The textbook offers basics, methods and tools for Computer Science & Society. It contains long-lasting theories and concepts as well as review questions and sample solutions. It is supplemented by up-to-date application examples and further tasks in the digital supplementary material. This combination ensures that the content remains theoretically sound and up-to-date at the same time.

We start with a classification of the subject in computer science. We then look at the concept of socio-technical systems and the aspects of human communication and technical systems as parts of socio-technical systems.

Subsequently, transdisciplinary perspectives of the sociology of technology, work and organizational psychology as well as ethics are examined. On this basis, we address the design of socio-technical systems in the dimensions of principles, procedures and legal framework.

The textbook is thus a contribution to the holistic design of digital transformation.

• Kim Lauenroth
• dpunkt.verlag
• 2024, xvii, 361 pages, ISBN: 9783988890009

Increasing complexity, rising demands on digitalization and ever new possibilities offered by digital technologies are presenting industry with new challenges.

The job profile "Digital Design" meets these challenges with a holistic design approach by integrating three areas of expertise: Design competence, competence in digital technologies and cross-sectional competence for interdisciplinary work.

This book conveys the basics and provides a well-founded overview of all relevant aspects of the holistic design of digital solutions and systems. It describes

• the competence fields of digital design,
• design with digital material and the construction process,
• the structuring of construction processes from a digital design perspective,
• important digital technologies,
• design expertise and design work at solution, system and element level as well as
• holistic design work along the construction process.

Finally, frameworks for the construction process and the social dimension of the construction process are discussed.

• Frank Gustrau
• John Wiley & Sons
• 2025, 433 pages, ISBN: 978-1-394-28347-7

A comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of radio frequency (RF), microwave engineering, and the physical aspects of wireless communications.

Combining physical-technical fundamentals with numerical simulations, RF and Microwave Engineering presents a wide range of RF topics with emphasis on physical aspects such as electromagnetic (EM) and voltage waves, transmission lines, passive circuits, and antennas. The text discusses the propagation of waves and their representation, effects, and utilization in passive circuits and antenna structures, incorporates various design examples using circuit and EM simulation software, and gives examples of modern RF tools to show how methods can be applied productively in RF engineering practice.

This revised edition includes new chapters on monostatic and bistatic radar cross sections (RCS), horn antennas, 5G mobile communications, substrate-integrated-waveguides (SIW), slot antennas, characteristics of resonators, and other topics.

• Frank Gustrau
• Hanser
• 2023, 330 pages, ISBN: 978-3-446-47418-5

Electromagnetic field theory is one of the necessary technical foundations of engineering courses such as information and communication technology, electrical engineering and biomedical engineering. This book deals equally with the theory of electromagnetic fields and the practical application of modern 3D-EM simulation tools. The introduction to electromagnetic simulation is supported by the development of a structured simulation workflow. The modeling is based on the three most important numerical methods: Finite differences in the time domain, finite elements and moment methods.

This book is largely based on the title "Angewandte Feldtheorie. A practical introduction to the theory of electromagnetic fields". The content of this new work has been reoriented and expanded. It focuses more strongly on 3D EM simulation as a tool for the practical design of new technical components and systems and uses examples from the fields of biomedical technology, electromagnetic compatibility and antenna technology for mobile systems.

• Yannick Lattner
• Bauhaus University Weimar
• 2025, 267 pages

(Dissertation, cooperative doctorate Bauhaus-Universität Weimar/Fachhochschule Dortmund)

Radial turbocompressors are an important kind of machine for providing pressurized gas. They are used in many energy conversion processes using gases such as air, nitrogen, or hydrogen. Due to increasing demand for efficient and downsized machines, the development process of radial turbocompressors is increasingly complex. High duty requirements necessitate the simultaneous consideration of both structural and energetic design objectives. (2) The development process of a radial turbocompressor is based on the definition of a machine characteristic by identifying a combination of impeller diameter and rotational velocity. Based on this selection, the principal dimensions and energetic properties of the radial turbocompressor are computed. A common way of defining the machine's characteristics is the employment of the Cordier diagram. It contains the Cordier line, which provides a connection between the non-dimensional numbers specific speed and specific diameter. For a given duty, both can be used to compute the rotational velocity for a given impeller diameter or vice versa. (3) In this thesis, it is shown that the Cordier line is no longer suitable to define machine characteristics for modern radial turbocompressors. To obtain a valid machine design definition, the work provided by the impeller must match the required aerodynamic work. The iterative matching process will move the design in the Cordier diagram. It is further demonstrated that the Cordier diagram is not able to indicate which machine characteristic is more beneficial for the required application. As the machine design is usually fixed for design optimization workflows, a potentially better machine characteristic may not be identified. (4) In this thesis, an enhanced Cordier diagram is proposed which is able to overcome the shortcomings of the original Cordier diagram. It is capable of re-enabling the intended use of the Cordier line by providing machine characteristics which result in feasible machine designs, and expanding its possibilities by providing information regarding the thermodynamic and structural mechanic properties of the future machine. (5) The enhanced Cordier diagram is based on data of numerous radial turbocompressors which were analyzed using computer simulations. To provide information at the very beginning of the design process, the enhanced Cordier diagram must process only information that is available at this point. The operational characteristics of radial turbocompressors are - however - heavily influenced by the geometry design, which is defined at a later stage. To enable the filtering of these geometry design-based influences, and thus the identification of the machine design-based influenced, a multi-level design space was introduced. (6) Using this design space, a multi-level design of experiments was conducted. In a first level, 50 machine designs were created with randomly sampled machine design parameters. For each of these machine designs, a geometry design of experiments was conducted by analyzing 50 geometry designs. Thus, a total of 2500 compressor variants were considered. For each compressor variant, the speed line was computed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the structural load was determined by finite element analysis (FEA). To associate this geometry design space-based information to the machine design space, optimizations were conducted for each machine design using surrogate modeling-based optimizations. (7) For consideration of the structural load, this procedure is not feasible, as the structural mechanic result parameters like von Mises stress or deformation are predominantly influenced by the geometry design space. Instead, a property called Structural Load Intensity is proposed. It is based on the elastic strain energy observed in the overall impeller. These energy-based result parameters are predominantly influenced by the machine design and thus suitable for the enhanced Cordier diagram. The Structural Load Intensity is defined in a way that it correlates with both the von Mises stress and the deformation of all geometry design of the specific machine design. The final properties of the enhanced Cordier diagram are the achievable efficiency, the achievable speed line width, the structural load intensity, and other, associated parameters. All are described by surrogate models which employ machine design properties as input parameters. (8) The enhanced Cordier diagram was created by implementing these surrogate models into different applications. The enhanced Cordier diagram may create duty-specific Cordier lines, which directly replicate the intention of the original Cordier line. Here, the Cordier lines are computed for a specific duty and a based on feasible machine designs, which are computed on-the-fly. Along the duty-specific Cordier lines, properties like the achievable efficiency may be approximated. Thus, the most beneficial location of the Cordier line can directly be identified. Another application of the enhanced Cordier diagram used optimization algorithms to directly probe the surrogate models to identify the most suitable design for a given set of constraints. Again, the machine design will be directly computed during the process. Additionally, the enhanced Cordier diagram is able to provide an approximated meridional contour and speed line, both associated with the achievable efficiency of the machine design. (9) In conclusion, the enhanced Cordier diagram is a tool that is based on the operational characteristics of 2500 compressor variants in the form of carefully designed surrogate models. The predesigned applications allow for a more streamlined machine design process and provide viable information, which allows making knowledge-based decisions at the very being of the design process of radial turbocompressors.

• André Dechange
• Springer
• 2025, 420 pages, ISBN: 9783662714621

This textbook offers a comprehensible and up-to-date introduction to managing projects of all kinds. Working in projects continues to increase rapidly and is already one of the most important forms of work in most companies today. Based on a comprehensive introduction to the terms, approaches, perspectives and structuring possibilities of projects and project management, the book clearly explains the essential planning and control elements with the corresponding methods and instruments. In further sections, the soft skills required for projects - such as self-management, team management, leadership, communication and conflict management - are explained and illustrated using suitable examples. Agile project management and the increasingly important topic of hybrid project management are also presented in a separate chapter. The concise presentation using a consistent project example and the reader-friendly structure enable the reader to quickly familiarize themselves with the subject area. The book is also suitable as a reference work for practitioners and for self-study.

• Axel Faix
• Logos Publishing House
• 2025, 213 pages, ISBN: 9783832556839

Value-based management (also: value-oriented management, value-based management, shareholder management) is a management approach whose primary goal is to increase the value of the company. Value is created when success exceeds the costs of the capital employed and this capital earns a worthwhile return. Increases in the value of a company depend to a large extent on accurate analyses and the effective influencing of value drivers, but its stakeholders (customers, suppliers, employees, etc.) must also be able to achieve adequate positions. The ongoing discussion about corporate social responsibility is contributing to a stronger consideration of the interests of these stakeholders by companies. This textbook provides a systematic concept for the management of companies that promotes the achievement of surpluses in the aforementioned sense. With a focus on the sales market, it focuses on the various decisions that need to be made within the company and implemented and monitored in a planned manner. From an application-oriented perspective, the objectives, strategies and measures as well as the conditions in the company that must be aligned with them (e.g. information systems, organizational structure) are discussed as elements of an integrated design approach, which together make up value-oriented corporate management and must be coordinated according to the situation.

• Uwe Schmitz
• Springer Vieweg
• 2025, 79 pages, ISBN: 9783662703311

The book offers a compact overview of data lakes and their diverse applications. The target group are students in Bachelor's and Master's programs, IT employees and managers, decision-makers and executives who want to gain an overview of the topic of data lakes. The book conveys basic principles for the structure and design of sensible data lake architectures. It also presents technologies and components that are typically used in the context of a data lake. The book highlights the challenges and advantages of using data lakes as well as the necessary technological and organizational requirements for implementing and operating a data lake in companies.

• Jelena Bleja
• Springer VS
• 2025, 324 pages, ISBN: 9783658466619

An essential prerequisite for the establishment and long-term stability of cooperation between companies is that all participants benefit from the cooperation to an appropriate extent and that no company feels disadvantaged. In this context, methods of cooperative game theory could offer the possibility of distributing the cooperation-related advantages between the participants in such a way that the solution can be assessed as fair by all. However, it is difficult to find such a solution and it requires a prior operationalization of the object of distribution. There is a lack of both theoretical concepts and empirical findings in this regard. This book addresses this issue by developing a draft decision support system for the operationalization and fair distribution of efficiency gains in innovation networks. For this purpose, both operationalization and distribution approaches are presented and analysed. Finally, a case study is used to exemplify the implementation of the operationalization and distribution of efficiency gains and model limitations and extensions are discussed in relation to the AAL sector.

• Jan-Philipp Büchler, Christina Hoon (Eds.)
• Springer
• 2024, 268 pages, ISBN: 9783658442996

This textbook provides an in-depth portfolio of case studies of globally operating and market leading medium-sized companies, mostly based in Germany. Students in the field of strategic management, family business management, information technology, and engineering may comprehensively explore the success factors of these hidden champions. Assignments and discussion sections help to dive deeper into the topics of innovation, internationalization, and leadership. Practitioners may gain valuable insights into growth trajectories and strategic decisions for achieving and sustaining market leadership. All case studies have been developed in direct cooperation with the companies and tested in teaching.

• Jan-Philipp Büchler, Gregor Brüggelambert, Björn Müller
• Logos Publishing House
• 2024, 230 pages, ISBN: 9783832555597

In this case study book we present authentic case studies of selected mid-sized companies from Europe with market leading positions in a transformational context for management. All case studies have been elaborated on the basis of the integrated case method (ICM) in intense cooperation with the companies and the respective top management. This novel approach to case research and teaching has been developed throughout the EU funded ERASMUS+ project ECASA (European CAse Study Alliance). Case study learning and teaching offers students and lecturers a great opportunity for class discussions on prevailing topics. Case studies can be used for individual and group work. The structure of the cases allows lecturers to use it in different contexts regarding exercises and educational objectives. Case teaching provides an interactive and challenging environment, involving diverse perspectives and complex interdependencies that trigger thoughts and discussions about practical business challenges.

1. Matthias Beenken
2. Publishing house Versicherungswirtschaft
3. 2023, 6th edition, 210 pages, ISBN: 978-3-96329-402-0

For 25 years, "Der Versicherungsvermittler als Unternehmer" (The Insurance Broker as Entrepreneur) has been supporting start-ups and experienced professionals with the business challenges of self-employment. The new edition takes into account the further development of stationary to hybrid sales forms, the competitive positioning compared to pure direct sales, changing customer demand behavior, changing employee requirements, also as a result of the corona pandemic, current regulations, including those on sustainability, as well as empirically proven business success factors.

• Clara Decelis Grewe, Tamara Appel
• Fachhochschule Dortmund
• 2024, 38 pages, ISBN: 9783948228040

The aim of the InduTwin project is to establish strategic cooperation partners at partner universities in China and Latin America for three central Bachelor's programs at Fachhochschule Dortmund. The project initially focuses on the subject areas of digitalization, Industry 4.0 and logistics, which are particularly relevant in Dortmund and in the partner countries. To this end, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts is building on the largest dual Bachelor's program in Software and Systems Engineering (Faculty of Computer Science), the Bachelor's program in Mechanical Engineering/Production Engineering (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering) and the Bachelor's program in International Business (Faculty of Business Studies).

In consultation with the university and company partners, a comprehensive model project aims to internationalize Dortmund's Bachelor's education and promote the Fachhochschule Dortmund model in China and Latin America.

• The Rector of Fachhochschule Dortmund, Tamara Appel (Ed.), Editors: Lina Schmitz, Mirka Fuhrmann
• 2023, 81 pages

In 2023, "Der Fächer" will once again provide insights into teaching, studying and research at Fachhochschule Dortmund. This year's main topics are diversity, educational equity and sustainability.